First Knight Reviews
Top CriticThe movie is entertaining enough in its own way, and Sean Connery makes a splendid King Arthur, but compared with the earlier films[Rob Roy and Braveheart] this one seems thin and unconvincing.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Bad acting, dumb dialogue, and confusing cinematography abound, creating one of the most shoddy Camelot stories to date.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Flipside Movie Emporium
Whoever thought Richard Gere would make a good Lancelot needs to be found and sterilized.
| Original Score: 1/5
eFilmCritic.com
There's something sick about a Camelot movie in which the point of the great Arthur's death is to bring the lovers together in a guilt-free union.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Groucho Reviews
Goes for a pass as a shallow but occasionally rousing swordfighting flick with a handful of thoughtful scenes...has something those other pictures don't have: Sean Connery as King Arthur.
| Original Score: 2.5/4
eFilmCritic.com
Bland and over-romanticized treatment of the Arthurian legend. Gere ridiculously miscast as Lancelot. Watch Boorman's EXCALIBUR instead.
| Original Score: 2/5
Cinematter
Colorful, but ultimately disappointing...
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| Original Score: 2/4
I've never seen a film -- whether it was based on a book, a play, or in this case a timeless legend -- treat its source material with such cavalier disregard.
Pillaged of such mainstays as Merlin and Morgan le Fay-as well as magic, majesty and depth-'Camelot' has become 'Camelite.'
There's swordplay to the hilt, but the story itself never quite gets in Gere.
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
...has so many wild cliffhanger situations that you may expect the film's action to stop at some point as 'To Be Continued . . . ' pops up on the screen.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
The problem for him[Gere], and the film, comes when the non-physical acting begins.
